49.6% ▲ +70.7%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Drewvale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Drewvale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Drewvale now speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This shift has seen the suburb move far beyond the national figure, with a broad mix of Asian and Indian languages now common in the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 49.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. This diversity is reflected in the use of Mandarin (10.2%), Punjabi (4.2%), Cantonese (3.3%) and Hindi (3.1%), while 7.0% of residents speak little or no English.
7.0% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Drewvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30877/drewvale/topic/language